HEALTH

Why Buhari Travelled To UK For Medical Treatment – Health Minister

Daily Dispatch February 13, 2017

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari and his medical doctors were the only competent set of people who could say why he had to be treated in a foreign hospital. The minister said this in an interview with journalists on the sidelines of the

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Taiwan Raises Bird Flu Alert

Daily Dispatch February 13, 2017

Taiwan raised its bird flu alert on Monday after the highly pathogenic virus strain killed over 3,000 birds at a turkey farm in the west of the country, the government said. Taiwan recently confirmed that the H5N6 avian flu virus had been discovered in a dead gosling found on the roadside in Hualien County in […]

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HIV/AIDS Cure: FG Probes Claim

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2017

The National Health Research Ethics Committee, Federal Ministry of Health, said it had requested University of Agriculture,Umudike, Abia, to provide details of the clinical trial of the claim for cure of HIV/AIDS. Prof. Maduike Ezeibe, a Professor of Veterinary Medicine at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike and others claimed they had conducted clinical

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UNFPA Praises Nigeria’s Ban On Genital Mutilation

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2017

  The UN Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has recognized Nigeria and the Gambia as countries among others that have banned female genital mutilation. The UNFPA, in a report on the of 2017 International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, commemorated on Feb. 6, stressed the urgent need to abandon the practice. Female […]

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WHO Develops Guide To Early Cancer Diagnosis

Daily Dispatch February 4, 2017

The World Health Organisation says its has developed a guide to effectively address all barriers to early diagnosis of cancer. In a message released to the Commemoration of the 2017 World Cancer Day on Saturday, WHO called for improved access to treatment of cancer. The message read: “In anticipation of World Cancer Day, WHO has […]

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Ogun Shut Seven Fake Medical Facility

Daily Dispatch January 28, 2017

Omooba Risawe Ogun State government on Friday announced closure of seven fake medical facilities,just as it also warned‎ that  ‎certified owners of Private health facilities across the State to desist from engaging the services of unqualified nurses and other health workers. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Babatunde Ipaye made this known,  while monitoring the level of